Apparatus for making flat tape of resin coated filaments

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR MANUFACTURING A RESIN COATED FILAMENT REINFORCED TAPE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF SPOOLS HAVING FILAMENTS WOUND THEREAROUND; A MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID SPOOLS FOR PERMITTING UNIFORM ROTATION THEREOF; A GROUPING MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FILAMENTS FROM SAID PLURALITY OF SPOOLS FOR GATHERING SAID FILAMENTS IN PARALLEL SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP; TANK MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FILAMENTS FROM SAID GROUPING MEANS AND CONTAINING THE RESIN FOR APPLICATION TO SAID FILAMENTS; A FIRST SLOT FORMED IN ONE WALL OF AID TANK THROUGH WHICH SAID FILAMENTS ENTER SAID TANK AND MOVE THERETHROUGH IN SPACED APART PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP; A SECOND SLOT FORMED IN AN OPPOSITE WALL OF SAID TANK THROUGH WHICH SAID FILAMENTS COATED WITH RESIN LEAVE SAID TANK IN THE FORM OF A TAPE SIZE ACCORDING TO THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID SECOND SLOT; MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND PIRS OF ROLLERS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TAPE FOR DRAWING THE SAME THROUGH SAID TANK AT UNIFORM SPEED AND TENSION; SAID TAPE PASSING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND ROLLERS AND CONTACTING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE PERIPHERY OF EACH ROLLER THEREIN; DRIVING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO ONE ROLLER IN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PAIRS OF ROLLERS FOR DRIVING THE SAME AT UNIFORM SPEED; AND MEANS FOR PRESSURIZING THE INTERIOR OF SAID TANK MEANS TO INCREASE THE BOND OF THE RESIN TO THE FILAMENTS PASSING THERETHROUGH.